Courant algebroid lifts and curved Courant algebroids

Abstract

We introduce the Courant algebroid lift, a new construction that takes a Courant algebroid together with a vector bundle connection and produces, when the connection is flat in the image of the anchor, a Courant algebroid. In general, this lift produces a Courant-like structure that we call a curved Courant algebroid. We start by establishing a hierarchy of Courant algebroid properties and their associated structures. In this setting, we introduce curved Courant algebroids, which we show to be related to connections with torsion and curved differential graded Lie algebras. We use this to provide a classification of exact curved Courant algebroids. We show that the Courant algebroid lift of an exact Courant algebroid yields a natural link between the Patterson-Walker metric and generalized geometry. By lifting non-exact Courant algebroids, we establish a relation of these lifts to Lie algebras, Poisson and special complex geometry. Finally, we show that Courant algebroid lifts provide a large class of examples of Courant algebroid actions.

arXiv comment30 pages, 1 figure, to appear in Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry

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